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Recent Examples of outwardly
From governance to deployment, nothing should be hidden, not only to foster trust, but to actively build skills outwardly ahead of an external team taking eventual ownership.
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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So this book is born from my deep listening at the moment when everything was changing, internally and externally.—
Tembi Locke,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Transparency works both ways—externally and internally.—
Rachel Lyubovitzky,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The more time went on, the more Mourinho grew visibly frustrated with his role at United.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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If the stain is visibly lighter, repeat the process of soaking the shirt in an oxygen bleach solution and launder it again.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the Yankees have seemingly loved having Bellinger on the roster.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Borg’s doctors apparently wanted Borg to have such follow-up immediately.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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One of them apparently left its best in Kansas City.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As such, Mahomes evidently not only is immune to complacency but actually has become more adamant with success.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ed Zwick’s father was quite the drinker, evidently the son not as much.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That action, even if ostensibly directed at Hamas, is likely to exacerbate tensions not only with Qatar but place increasing stress on the calculus allied Gulf Arab countries make in their dealings with Israel.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Comedian John Early’s directorial debut, ostensibly a pastiche of basic-cable TV movies, is not a parody, or a satire, or even a comedy.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This gives the state a supposedly legitimate use of violence.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Sep. 2025
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The don, Joe Black (John Malkovich), sends them off to the Vatican, where supposedly the original manuscript actually could be verified and brought back to him.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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